“This is like fuzzy lofi shoegaze pop, though the vocals are a little produced for that, with these totally disconcerting background vocals, like you’re on some weird acid trip where this crazy TGIF ad keeps bleeding through. Or maybe the TGIF ad is reality and the rest is the awesome trip, whatever. Check out the rest of Daisy Chainsaw Fridays over at the bandcamp“ (sociopathsareglam.tumblr.com)

“The Ocular Audio Experiment (Alex Pollock) offer up the first entry of a sonic opus withThe Witch’s Whispering Tomes (Part 1), a swirling hypnotic haze-fest that broodingly stretches out to almost an hour and a half. Relentlessly consistent through the hefty running time, it avoids one-note tediousness through slow and subtle shifts that are more concerned with maintaining its character than adding unnecessary bells and whistles. It’s a steady, minimal outing that finds a comfortable spot between droning and using open spaces to define the tunes, and the ingredients. Ethereally exotic in spots, Witch’s layers up its dream locales and narcotic trips by seemingly stripping itself down of baggage and conjuring up some nebulous heft that lives in the spaces between. The Ocular Audio Experiment was a recent valis Pick of the Week where valis decreed it “An amazing piece of pure BJM-esque, (ca. late ’90s,) hypnotism. Throughout the twelve tracks Alex maintains interest varying the shades within. I found it to be true to its aim.”
Where do you go after an hour and a half of tripping with the witch? You grab The Witch’s Whispering Tomes (Part 2) and get the same set of tunes reconfigured with a warped, rootsy country flavor and waver…Pack your bags for a self-described“doomed, satanic, Looney Tunes wagon ride into hell.” (mratavist.wordpress.com)

“From the heights of deep volcanos, glowing like tangerines, the digital watch counts down to magma display. What is the sound of volcanos singing? Not the rumble you hear out your window, not the steam hissing to the sky. What is the pitch of the radiant flame? You cannot put your finger on it. You are afraid of catching fire. Then who will point the way for others? Hailing from deep volcanos, the High Water Marks will point the way, their fingers impervious. Who are these volcano-listeners, these finger-pointers, these High Water Marks? Their first names are Hilarie (guitar/vocal/drums/Moog/keyboard), Per Ole (lead guitar/vocal), Jim (drums/vocal/piano/keyboard/percussion), and Michael (bass guitar). Their last names are Sidney (Apples in stereo, Secret Square), Bratset (Palermo), Lindsay (Oranger, Preston School of Industry), and Snowden (The Fakes), respectively. (Of course we know that you know who they are, but we are leading you to the news that the new High Water Marks album POLAR is out NOW on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. The words next to their surnames disclose other bands that The High Water Marks have been associated with. We include them for those of you in the secret service, to aid you with background checks, and distract you from the hum.) Referencing the background, please hear the volcanos outside. Note that the High Water Marks sound explosive. Like volcanos, they appear around the globe. Unlike volcanos, they fill beautiful pop songs with smashing drums and yearning guitars. Unlike volcanos, they do not fill their songs with lava. Unlike volcanos, the High Water Marks attract crowds with their noise. The analogy is complete. The High Water Marks are erupting” (Facebook)

“Ranch Ghost’s debut 7″, New News, features two garage rock tracks that fans of Nashville favorites JEFF the Brotherhood, Pujol, Natural Child, and Bad Cop are sure to dig. The A-side track “New News” from these psych-rockers, known for “their nuggets-y brand of loose, groovy, mid-tempo rock n’ roll” is featured in the promo video for Etnies “nathan Williams – Brake.”, while B-side track “The Water” features Sixties surfy Dick Dale-esque guitar that will make you want to hit the beach and party. The release is available now on Jeffery Drag Records and was pressed on both black and mixed marble vinyl” (Press note)

“Olov Antonsson’s musical journey took off in the early 00’s in Northern Sweden with cult-declared indiepop band The Tidy Ups, and he later joined Mattias Malm (from Funday Mornings) in his search for the perfect pop song in Everyday Mistakes. Some years later a perfect rendition of the 60’s baroque pop sound appeared on the internet: “The End Of The Summer On Bookbinder Road” by Olov Antonsson’s Cocoanut Groove. Not only had he made a Gothenburgian wordplay with a wink to (the almighty) Roger Nichols, he wrote in fact the same kind of elegant and rich orchestrated pop music that Michael Brown did with his The Left Banke. The song was released on a 7” single on Phonic Kidnapping in 2008, and later that year the praised debut album “Madeleine Street” was released on the Swedish Fridlyst label. Ten songs of 60’s sunshine pop and baroque pop, with a bit of folk thrown in. And at the same time an original piece of art.After a hiatus, Cocoanut Groove is back with a much longed-for ten-inch on Fraction Discs! The new EP ”Colours” continues where the album left off – elegantly orchestrated pop melodies taking their starting point in the late sixties. With inspiration from sunshine pop, baroque pop and folk artists such as The Zombies, Love, The Left Banke, Sagittarius and Donovan, Olov Antonsson has written six new songs that perfectly balance the Swedish melancholy with the Californian sunshine. From the pop symphony “Colours” and the beautiful melancholia of “I’ve Been Following Lonely Roads” to the 60’s-tinged “Huckleberry” and the galloping Love-esque “The Spell”, this EP is a glorious example of Cocoanut Groove’s sensible production. Adorned with harpsichord, trumpet and viola, the arrangements enrich the melodies without the heartfelt core of the songs ever being lost” (fractiondiscs.se)

“Bakers at Dawnis Marcus Sjöland from Malmö, Sweden – we featured him a lot previously, because he writes and records lovely music. It’s often melancholic, full of surprises and with great melodies.On this album, the track “Plan B” is definitly one of the highlights. The layered acoustic guitars and some subtle far east elements makes it pretty outstanding.False Starts is the typical style of Bakers at Dawn; a straight moving forward backing of drum and bass and rhythm guitar and upon them some great guitar melodies and Marcus’ shakey voice.You should definitely download his music, and listen and get addicted” (dyingforbadmusic.com)